New York A 5917: Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases

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A05917 Summary:

BILL NOA05917 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORZaccaro

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COSPNSRShimsky, Kay, Colton, Glick, Davila, Kassay, Griffin, Smullen, Morinello, Palmesano, Novakhov,
 Chang, Brown K, Maher, Slater

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §120.05, Pen L

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Relates to the assault of physicians providing direct patient care; provides that assault of physicians shall be assault in the second degree, a class D felony.

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BILL NOA05917 

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02/24/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5917

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the assault of physicians
 providing direct patient care

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu-
 5 tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
 6 procedure law, a physician as defined in article one hundred thirty-one
 7 of the education law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public
 8 health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation
 9 enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter,
 10 including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical tech-
 11 nician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty as
 12 such firefighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency
 13 medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospi-
 14 tal emergency department, a city marshal, a school crossing guard
 15 appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general munici-
 16 pal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or
 17 employee of any entity governed by the public service law in the course
 18 of performing an essential service, from performing a lawful duty, by
 19 means including releasing or failing to control an animal under circum-
 20 stances evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful
 21 activity of such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in
 22 subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, a
 23 physician as defined in article one hundred thirty-one of the education
 24 law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitari-
 25 an, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09640-01-5

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 1 agent, New York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, techni-
 2 cian, city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section
 3 two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement
 4 officer, traffic enforcement agent or employee of an entity governed by
 5 the public service law, [he or she] such person causes physical injury
 6 to such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivi-
 7 sion thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, a physi-
 8 cian as defined in article one hundred thirty-one of the education law,
 9 registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian,
 10 New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent,
 11 New York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician or
 12 medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department, city
 13 marshal, school crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer, traffic
 14 enforcement agent or employee of an entity governed by the public
 15 service law; or
 16 § 2. Subdivision 3-c of section 120.05 of the penal law, as added by
 17 chapter 423 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 18 3-c. With intent to prevent an employe